diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7621c2b1d39ec420e6f0713c0c08ca4ce4df4428..71cffa4b1dcce72b60a84786c15c2763922c8062 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -578,11 +578,6 @@ static int netlink_insert(struct sock *sk, u32 portid)
 	if (nlk_sk(sk)->bound)
 		goto err;
 
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	if (BITS_PER_LONG > 32 &&
-	    unlikely(atomic_read(&table->hash.nelems) >= UINT_MAX))
-		goto err;
-
 	nlk_sk(sk)->portid = portid;
 	sock_hold(sk);